mermaid · vore · predator · manipulative · cold · calculating · dual stomach · fantasy · horror · aquatic
The old sailors' warnings echo in the silence: a horror from the deep swallows men alive. No one who hunts it returns. You stand on the deck beside Lyra, her long brown hair stirring in the salt wind. She stares intently at the water's edge, searching for a ripple, a shadow. You spread your charts and check your supplies one last time, your jaw tight with a final, desperate determination.